Background: Cardiovascular disease independent of the primary diagnosis is the most common cause of morbidity and premature mortality in patients on chronic haemodialysis. In Uganda, the prevalence of CKD is almost 16% and ...

Background: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) stands at 12.5% in Uganda among the retreatment TB cases. In an effort to accelerate the WHO-recommended MDR-TB diagnosis and surveillance, the Uganda NTLP in 2008 ...

Introduction
Under nutrition is the leading underlying factor of child mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is a critical window of opportunity for improving child nutrition; from pregnancy through the ...

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Background: Presence of unused medicines in households can lead to harmful health incidents such as prolonged morbidity due to ingestion of sub-optimal doses, wrong treatment or poisoning and yet there is ...

Poor adherence to safe water chain practices is a major obstacle to consumption of safe drinking water by people around the world. It is also one of the leading con-tributors to various incidences of water-borne diseases. ...

Insufficient case detection is a persistent obstacle to furthering the WHO’s stated goal of eliminating TB by 2035. Introduction and implementation of Xpert MTB/Rif with improved sensitivity and turnaround time has provided ...

Introduction: Intra operative blood salvage in conditions like ruptured ectopic pregnancy can reduce the need for allogeneic blood which is scarce and expensive. Intra operative salvaged blood has been reported to be ...

Introduction; Intestinal stomas remain important life-saving surgical options in a wide range of
gastrointestinal pathologies globally. Knowledge of the effects of any medical or surgical
intervention on the patients‘ ...

Introduction: The greatest burden of oral diseases is offered by the destitute and socially relegated
populaces like People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs). This eventually hints to discomfort and
anguish, wearying of ...

Introduction: Modern contraceptives are a critical component in the prevention of unintended
adolescent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. They have the potential to
inform the development of ...

Background: Mining is a hazardous activity often associated with high rates of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, there is paucity of information on the prevalence and factors associated with WMSDs ...

Introduction: Hepatitis B is a global health problem leading to approximately 780,000 deaths
each year. In Uganda Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is highly endemic with a prevalence of 10%.
Trainees in the health-related fields ...

Background: Missed opportunities for TB diagnosis are associated with TB-related morbidity, mortality and continued transmission due to delayed or no treatment. GeneXpert is superior to the more common TB diagnostic tests ...

Introduction:
Breastfeeding is well established as the optimal method for ensuring healthy infant nutrition. However, many adolescents remain unaware of the role of breastfeeding in health promotion and disease prevention. ...

Introduction:
Otitis media with effusion, is common in children with Down‟s syndrome.It causes conductive hearing loss, that affects their speech and language development .These could significantly hinder their psychosocial ...

Back ground: In Uganda, female youth are most prone to unintended pregnancies. These result into unsafe clandestine abortions because of their ill preparedness for the consequences and the country’s restrictive abortion ...

Introduction: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is proven to reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60%. Despite the achievements of Uganda’s VMMC rollout, the country has not met its ...